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Opera 7 to be Released for Mac OS X
hoist2k writes "CNET is reporting that Opera 7 is going to be released for Mac OS X. I might have to take advantage of their discount for buying the Mac, Linux, and Windows versions all at once!" Opera 6.02 is slated for release on Thursday (the download page currently has Opera 6.0 for Mac OS and Mac OS X, though it erroneously says it is only for Mac OS). Opera 7 is expected "soon," with no word given in the CNET articles for whether it will be for Mac OS X only.
not on the mac though.... i agree opera on windows is a top notch browser - but the mac version is well behind other FREE alternatives right now.
i'm glad to see opera developing on the mac platform - it's great to see so many competing browsers for a change - but i just don't think they have what it takes to be considered even one of the top 3 browsers on the mac right now.
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The only thing missing from Camino and Safari (or any browser, for that matter) is the filtering power of iCab.
Use iCab for a week, and use the filtering power.
Want to always save cookies from Slashdot, refuse cookies from Doubleclick.net, and expire others at the end of the session? Done.
Want to identify to your bank as Netscape 7.0 and all other sites as iCab 2.9? Done.
Want to filter out images coming from a server named *.ads.*, or images that link to *.sponsor.*? Done.
Want to allow your favorite anime site to open new windows on opening, allow a pictures site to open pictures in new windows on clicking, and refuse pop-ups from everyone else? Done.
Yes, I realize that Mozilla can do a lot of this, but iCab provides a relatively easy to use graphical interface to all of this.
I think the world would be a much better place if people took a look at iCab's Filter Manager.
[I still use iCab for about 60% of my browsing, with Safari taking up the rest. iCab is just getting too slow and is not compatible with enough stuff]
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I'll agree that Opera 6 for Mac sucked, and sucked hard. I downloaded it about as soon as it got out of beta, but it still felt like a beta version. It was slow and unresponsive, and it crashed a few times (in very little time, and crashed HARD). I went back to Camino (which back then was still called Chimera, I think).
However, Opera 7 on both PC and Linux has been a HUGE improvement over O6. Hopefully these improvements will carry over to MacOSX. Afterall, they have a lot of competition on a small market with Macs (Mac users, however, seem to pay for shareware more readily than PC users). If they still want to compete, it must be because they feel they *can* compete, and they are confident that their product is better than the other parties' offerings.
So anyway, I'd wait till I see it before I say that it's going to suck.
Karma: Could be worse (could be raining)
Can you restain your enthusiasm on this?
Safari to hit gold master next month
It is just a rumor, but the site is quite reliable on rumors.
While the parent does at a glance seem to be a troll: sweeping statements, needless vulgarity and mean spirited ranting, in this case the man is correct. Opera is a piece. When they said they were leaving the mac community in unison the community responded with raging apathy and honestly if you cant find a good browser (hell, a great browser) for the mac platform today then you probably work for the opera team.
Well If my choices are between: Cyberdog, Netscape 4, AOL, Opera, and MSN for OSX.....I guess I might pick Opera, but I sure as hell wouldnt pay for it.
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Even though I appreciate your detailed listing of features Opera seems to offer, you never seem to have used Mozilla 1.3 or 1.4b which offers a whole bunch of features you mentioned with _real_ platform independence not to mention that it is free as in free speech (a term that has been stretched to much, I know, esp. when it comes to projects like Mozilla that are basically funded by one more or less huge company) - but still... On the long run I see more potential in Mozilla / firebird than in Opera. BTW - not using OS X for only having Opera 6 available is sad. Sad for you, because building Gentoo on one of my boxes and lurking in the console most of the time I can assure you: You miss a lot with OS X - it is just there, you can rely on it, even if you played around with it it doesn't let you down on the next day's presentations. ...and, AFAIK this Opera 7 is coming :-)
To get back on track: Yes Opera offers a lot, but tweaking Mozilla also brings you Gestures and and even more refined poops - up killer.
Just my two cents.